FOOD & LIFESTYLE

About

Abeer Najjar is a self-taught chef & blogger. She is a professional late-night snacker with an addiction to good coffee accompanied by great conversation. Abeer believes the best meals are those that are fun, simple, and shared amongst others.

“If you have extraordinary bread and extraordinary butter, it’s hard to beat bread and butter.”

-Jacques Pepin

Born on the south side of Chicago to Palestinian immigrants, Abeer’s love for food started in her mother’s kitchen. That love was also deeply influenced by the mulit-cultural neighborhoods she was raised in and her cooking reflects a fusion of those worlds.

Abeer writes to preserve memories of cooking with her mother and to share her food experience. She hopes that by sharing this, she inspires a deeper appreciation for food and the cultures in which it comes from. For many children of immigrants, traditional food is often a source of embarrassment. Abeer wants to shift that embarrassment to pride.

When Abeer isn’t obsessing over food, you can find her spending time with her family, traveling, or planning her next underground supper club. She has been featured in Teen Vogue, NPR, LifeTime, and other publications.

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Just watched your appearance on Windy City Live. Congratulations on all of your success. I’m lookig forward to the Lifetime series you will be featured on and also can’t wait to try some of the recipes I see on your blog! 😀

Hi, Heard you on NPR this morning. I’m looking for the delicious recipe you were describing that used dough and ground beef with some warm wintry spices. I can’t remember the name though. Is it on this blog? I look forward to trying your other recipes too 🙂

Can’t wait to try the yummy twist on the Tres Leches recipe. Mission for tomorrow: rose water and cardamom purchase. Here in Los Angeles, it should be a snap.
I look forward to checking in on your blog; heard you on NPR. Enjoy your family and your Eid celebration. It has inspired me to look for a multi cultural/religious Eid celebration next year. I have attended many Christian and Jewish celebrations, time to connect with my Muslim neighbors around in this tradition! 🙂

Yay! You’ll definitely find cardamom and rose water at any ethnic markets or even Whole Foods. Thank you for the beautiful words and well wishes for Eid! That sounds so beautiful and I hope you inspire others to do the same. More sharing, connecting and love! ❤️